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He does not believe that does not live according to his belief. ”
But let her remember, that it is in Britain alone, that laws are equally favourable to liberty and humanity; that it is in Britain the sacred rights of nature have received their most awful ratification. ”
Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. ”
The spiritual is the parent of the practical. ”
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. ”
Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct. ”
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. ”
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. ”
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. ”
To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy. ”